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Erdogan warns Shiite militias in Iraq not to attack Turkmen
Oct 29, 2016 (AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned Shiite militias in Iraq against attacking Turkmen residents of Tal Afar, a town near the Islamic State...
India expels Pakistani visa official for 'espionage'
Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)
India announced Thursday it was expelling a Pakistani visa official for suspected spying after he was briefly detained carrying sensitive defence documents, wit...
Drone strike targets senior Al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
A US drone strike targeted a senior Al-Qaeda leader in northeastern Afghanistan and his deputy on Sunday, a US military official said. The strike in Kunar provi...
US, UK expect Raqa offensive in next few weeks
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
The offensive to drive the Islamic State group from its Raqa stronghold in Syria will begin in the next few weeks, top US and British defence officials said Wed...
India delays launch of dedicated South Asia satellite amid tension with Pakistan
Oct 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
India's launch of a satellite on behalf of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was announced two years ago by Prime Minister Narendra M...
Afghan air force spreads its wings amid record army losses
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
Clutching a radio in his hand on a barren hill surrounded by desert peaks, Sahil prepares to guide a pilot flying low overhead toward his training target -- the...
Syrian Kurds say Ankara attacking to block Raqa recapture
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
A Syrian Kurd leader in France on Tuesday accused Turkey of waging attacks on Kurdish forces trying to recapture Raqa, the Islamic State group stronghold in Syr...
Four killed in India-Pakistan cross border firing: officials
Oct 24, 2016 (AFP)
Two children and another civilian were killed along with a soldier in firing across the border between India and Pakistan, officials from both sides said Monday...
Shoddy leaders contribute to rising Afghan military deaths: US general
Oct 23, 2016 (AFP)
Basic leadership failures in many Afghan police and military units are helping drive casualty rates to ever-higher levels, the top US and NATO commander in Afgh...
Tajikistan starts anti-terror drills with China
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
Tajikistan began joint anti-terror drills with China on Thursday close near the border with Afghanistan as part of Beijing's drive to boost security in the regi...
Pakistan welcomes Trump offer to make peace with India
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan on Thursday welcomed an offer by US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to ease tensions with nuclear-armed rival India over ongoing unrest ...
Gunman kills two Americans near Kabul base
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Two Americans including a civilian were killed when a gunman opened fire near a NATO base in Kabul Wednesday, the military coalition said, with Afghan officials...
Indian film festival drops Pakistani movie after threat
Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)
An Indian film festival dropped a Pakistani drama from its programme Monday after protesters threatened to disrupt the screening -- the latest movie to fall fou...
Iraq Kurdish leader says time for Mosul battle to begin
Oct 15, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani said Saturday that preparations for the operation to retake Mosul from jihadists have been completed and it is time for the ...
Hundreds of troops deployed in Afghan city after attack
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of commandos backed by NATO air strikes in Lashkar Gah to drive Taliban insurgents from the southern city after the militants ...
Eight Turkish soldiers killed in car bombing: report
Oct 09, 2016 (AFP)
Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in a car bomb attack on a security post on Sunday blamed on Kurdish militants in the restive southeast, local media reported,...
15 years on, the Afghan war still defies US timelines
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
Fifteen years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, President Barack Obama and the American military have dug in for a long campaign that defies rigid timelines...
Atlantic Diving Supply to provide Afghan military uniforms
Oct 07, 2016 (UPI)
Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. has been awarded a $7 million U.S. Army contract to provide uniforms for the Afghan national army. One bid was solicited and one was...
200,000 Afghan refugees return in exodus from Pakistan: UNHCR
Oct 04, 2016 (AFP)
More than 200,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan this year, nearly half of them in September alone, UNHCR said Tuesday, the highest number ...
Indian-Pakistan families fear border shutdown
Oct 03, 2016 (AFP)
Mohammad Iftakar waits with sweets and gifts at the Wagah border crossing, a lifeline for families violently separated during the founding of India and Pakistan...
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